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As Gordon Ramsay looks at cocaine use in the restaurant industry a Cornish chef says drugs are rife

This week sees the start of two-part series Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine in which the sweary chef attempts to understand why the drug is such a large part of the restaurant industry.

He said of the programme, which starts on Thursday, October 19, at 9pm on ITV1: “I’ve wanted to understand the ‘world’ of cocaine ever since I lost one of my chefs at my flagship restaurant in Chelsea and I wanted to learn why it’s becoming such an epidemic not just globally but specifically in the culinary world.”

So are his claims true? And is drug use prevalent in Cornwall, which has one of the biggest restaurant trades in the country?

A van was submerged in a Cornish harbour as its driver made a frantic effort to save it

A driver made a frantic rescue attempt to retrieve his van after it was submerged in St Ives Harbour this afternoon (October 18).

The man was tending to his boat at about 3pm while the vehicle was parked on the slipway opposite the The Sloop Inn.

Witness Clive Oxley said the man tried to drive his van off of the sand but the wheels started to spin and became buried. A group of people then came to the man’s rescue and tried to use ropes to tow the van but they kept breaking.

Dozens of sexual offences have been committed by children aged under ten, according to Cornwall's police

Nearly 60 sexual offences committed by children aged under ten were among thousands against youngsters in Cornwall and Devon that didn’t make it to court, figures have revealed.

Data released under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act has provided a complete breakdown of the total number of reported sexual offences against alleged victims under the age of 18 and the outcomes of the cases in 2015 and 2016.

A total of 1,510 offences were reported to Devon and Cornwall Police in 2015 and 1,680 in 2016. Out of those, 750 failed to get to court due to problems with evidence.

Autistic man attacked by 'thugs' who threw mud in his face

A 20-year-old man with autism was allegedly chased by a group of “thugs” who threw mud at his face and left him “nervous to go out again”.

Connor Mitchell, from Falmouth, had gone in to Truro to meet his friend Seb, 22. The pair had enjoyed lunch out and a walk around town, but the day quickly took a dramatic turn when they fell victim to a vicious assault.

He pleaded with them to leave him alone, but they just thought it was funny.

Connor Mitchell had a brown substance, thought to be mud, thrown at his face